The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
[ID:4984] From: Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) / To: Mr William Ingham / Regarding: Miss Ellison (Alison) (Patient), Miss Catherine Davidson (Patient) / 15 February 1783 / (Outgoing)
Reply, 'Miss Ellison and Miss David[son]'. Patient identified as Catherine Davidson of Newcastle from a related letter. Addressee identified as the Newcastle surgeon Mr Ingham in index.
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Metadata
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| DOC ID | 4984 |
| RCPE Catalogue Number | CUL/1/1/17/178 |
| Main Language | English |
| Document Direction | Outgoing |
| Date | 15 February 1783 |
| Annotation | None |
| Type | Machine scribal copy |
| Enclosure(s) | No enclosure(s) |
| Autopsy | No |
| Recipe | Yes |
| Regimen | No |
| Letter of Introduction | No |
| Case Note | No |
| Summary | Reply, 'Miss Ellison and Miss David[son]'. Patient identified as Catherine Davidson of Newcastle from a related letter. Addressee identified as the Newcastle surgeon Mr Ingham in index. |
| Manuscript Incomplete? | No |
| Evidence of Commercial Posting | No |
Case
Cases that this document belongs to:
| Case ID | Description | Num Docs |
|---|---|---|
| [Case ID:1572] |
Case of Miss Ellison who suffers from a number of conditions including costiveness, a nervous complaint in her head and an inflamed eye. |
12 |
| [Case ID:1837] |
Case of Catherine Davidson whose health is fully restored after following Cullen's earlier advice but who wants to know if she should start using a shower bath after the winter. |
2 |
People linked to this document
| Person ID | Role in document | Person |
|---|---|---|
| [PERS ID:1] | Author | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:82] | Addressee | Mr William Ingham |
| [PERS ID:2671] | Patient | Miss Catherine Davidson |
| [PERS ID:2597] | Patient | Miss Ellison (Alison) |
| [PERS ID:1] | Patient's Physician / Surgeon / Apothecary | Dr William Cullen (Professor Cullen) |
| [PERS ID:2670] | Other Physician / Surgeon | Mr Watson |
| [PERS ID:2598] | Other | Mr Ralph Bates |
Places linked to this document
| Role in document | Specific Place | Settlements / Areas | Region | Country | Global Region | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Writing | Cullen's House / Mint Close | Edinburgh | Edinburgh and East | Scotland | Europe | certain |
| Destination of Letter | Newcastle upon Tyne | North-East | England | Europe | inferred |
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Miss Ellison & Miss David[son]
The Young man whom I recommended to you
for an Assistant to Mr. Watson is very willing to remain
here till the end of April as it allows him to carry
on his Studies but he depends upon his being received
by Mr Watson at Mayday because depending upon
that and my assurance of it he has declined another
line of life he has had in his offer.
I am happy to hear that Miss Ellison
is relieved of her principal complaints and am Sorry
she has any yet remaining but these shall be
relieved also if it be in my power. In all cases
of habitual Costiveness if the same medicine
is often repeated it is ready to become familiar
and ineffectual, or otherwise disagreeable and
must be changed. Please let her try the pills
prescribed on another page and if these after some
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time do not answer let me know and I shall still
endeavour to do better.
Please make my very respectful Compliments
to Miss Davidson and assure her that the extremely
polite letter she honoured me with through your
hands is extremely agreeable and obliging to me and
will make me always happy in having any opportu¬
nity, except that of Sickness, of showing how much
I esteem and respect her. With regard to the question
She is pleased to put to me I think it will be safest
to let the Season be a little advanced before She
returns to the use of the Shour bath but if any
circumstance should require or invite her to use it
sooner {illeg} She may return to the use of it sooner
providing only that She begins by tempering the
water employed and gradually but regularly dimi¬
nishing the heat of it till in the course of a fortnight
or thereby She may come to use it quite cold and
for this purpose if I recollect right I gave
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her directions before, or if necessary Shall give them
again now. I am hers, and Dear Sir,
Take an ounce of aloetic pill mass as per the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, fifteen grams of Gamboge, and enough Calomel, mucilage and gum arabic to make a mass, and carefully grind dividing into individual pills of five grams each. Label Laxative Pills one, two, or three to be taken for a dose at bed time.
Diplomatic Text
Miss Ellison & Miss David[son]
The Young man whom I recommended to you
for an Assistant to Mr. Watson is very willing to remain
here till the end of April as it allows him to carry
on his Studies but he depends upon his being received
by Mr Watson at Mayday because depending upon
that and my assurance of it he has declined another
line of life he has had in his offer.
I am happy to hear that Miss Ellison
is relieved of her principal complaints and am Sorry
she has any yet remaining but these shall be
relieved also if it be in my power. In all cases
of habitual Costiveness if the same medicine
is often repeated it is ready to become familiar
and ineffectual, or otherwise disagreeable and
must be changed. Please let her try the pills
prescribed on another page and if these after some
[Page 2]
time do not answer let me know and I shall still
endeavour to do better.
Please make my very respectful Compliments
to Miss Davidson and assure her that the extremely
polite letter she honoured me with through your
hands is extremely agreeable and obliging to me and
will make me always happy in having any opportu¬
nity, except that of Sickness, of showing how much
I esteem and respect her. With regard to the question
She is pleased to put to me I think it will be safest
to let the Season be a little advanced before She
returns to the use of the Shour bath but if any
circumstance should require or invite her to use it
sooner {illeg} She may return to the use of it sooner
providing only that She begins by tempering the
water employed and gradually but regularly dimi¬
nishing the heat of it till in the course of a fortnight
or thereby She may come to use it quite cold and
for this purpose if I recollect right I gave
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her directions before, or if necessary Shall give them
again now. I am hers, and Dear Sir,
℞ mass. pil. aloet. Ph. Edin. Ʒj
Gambog. gr. xv
Calomel. mucil. G. arab. q. s. ut fiat massa
et accurate trita dividenda in pil. sing. gr. v.
Sig. Laxative Pills one, two, or three to be taken
for a dose at bed time.
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